* Posts by michael

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Revealed: USB 3.0 jacks and sockets

michael

re:analog modem

actuley I used one of therm recently I needed to test a phone line in the opffice and it was the only phone jack we had (all the phones are voip things)

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re: poweed usb

wow I have seen thouse in all the dells at work and I never knew it was a standard!!! I thought it was some dell propirty for they external cd's yer we should push this standard.

michael

2 things have revonlised my job

usb cables and usb mass storage devices

1 simple and self powered port and

1 simple file transfer methord

no more serial/parrlell devices no more switching cables over 1 standard port and a expandable arcturcture

no more fdds/etc and things just plug copy unplug

my only complante is it only dose 5v power if it did the same power as a d connector form the computer we could hyave easy self powered external hdds

all you firewire fan boys out there just look at the results my lap top 4 usb no firewire there is not a firewire port in my office but every computer has 3 usb

and as for backwords compatibly most users do not even know threre is a usb2 so compatible it is so now we have the slightlry anoying plugs we have to keep them

Canucks kill second attempt at 'iPod tax'

michael

pros and cons

on the one side being taxed indcrimitly is wrong

on the overt this is a better way of solving the copyiong debate then mass drm or sueing pepol

AT&T to crush copyrighted network packets

michael

hold on a sec

what about all the legail transfering of coprighted stuff ie amazon and itunes how the fudge will this tell the difference?

Covenant energy sword added to Halo 3 replica arsenal

michael

link?

where can I get one pls?????

Samsung spins 128GB SSD

michael
Go

I want BOTH

how about a 500gb SSD!!!!!!!!!!!

Warner Bros gives all its hi-def loving to Blu-ray

michael
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@Failed and Successful Sony Formats

I have some isues with your logic

"Successful:

Video8 (beat VHS-C)" never heard of it

"HiVideo8 (beat SVHS-C)" ditto

"MemoryStick (is equal to CompactFlash, SD, miniSD, etc.)" only just equal all most all non sony devices I have seen use sd

"CD (with Phillips) (beat, uh everything)" allmost everyboady makes cd's even if sony started it it is now universal

"Blu-ray (with Phillips and Matsushita/Panasonic) (beat HD-DVD)" has yet to be deturmened the war is not over

a sucess is only a sucess if you win a war pepol care about

Sony BMG to drop Custer stance on DRM

michael

Watermarking?

I rember them trying this early on in the mp3 debate they gave some students 3 DIFFRENT files with DIFFRENT wata marks and they removed them with in a week the repor then pointed out that in a real senro they would have been hundre3ds of identacle files and identicle water marks so it was a no brainer

BitTorrenters seek sanctuary in Pirate Bay

michael

@ name

"and seven, EXACTLY seven, angels can dance on the head of a pin."

unless they are doing a tango in witch case it is 8

Plunging player prices to reveal Blu-ray vs HD DVD winner?

michael
Stop

they BOTH will LOSE

seroiusley there are equal numbers of "blu-ray has won hd-dvd is dead" and "hd-dvd has won sony is a tosser" postes here it is clear for a tally of numbers that is is a neck and neck race but the real point is

who the b0lddy hell cares!!

I speek for at least me when I say

all I want is a HD format for my (not yet got) HD telly but if I pick one I am taking a gamble it will lose and I will need to spend more mony on a replacment in x years (not only player but disks et all) so I am not buying till one has won. till then SD is fine and get all my hd content form the good old BTorrent

Car crash driver blames pterodactyl

michael
Coat

you never know!

could be there are a lot of dangrous dinos at this time of year

yes my coat and the elephant gun pls it is a long dangrous way home

Ofcom urged to clamp down on broadband speed deceit

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a hosest isp

http://www.keconnect.co.uk/products/residential/broadband/

unlimited meaning unlimited and big wanrning aboiut the likley speeds on max services and relistic speeds on over ones

and you pay for it they are expencive

but I would still chouse them over bt

Asus Eee PC as 'hard to get your hands on as a Wii'

michael
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no shadow cos...

it is so shiney it glows!!!

my coat is the small shiny one

Canadian runs up $85,000 mobe bill

michael

same happened here

I ran up a £500 bill with o2 cos when I has working away from home I used my mobe (yes dam it MOBE) with a bluetoof connection as a mobile and got charged £4 per mb a lot of this was browsing the o2 site for detials of my traif (witch I never found) thouse anamated banners are bandwith heavy and the internet is ot setup on the princibloe you weill be paying for every bit transfered and b4 anyboady askes there was no warning till the bill and the near hart atack

Three critical fixes star in Patch Tuesday update

michael
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@deepfreesze

http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp

that pice of software was a life saver when I ran a internet cafe any changes upto formating the hdd a simple had reset (pull the power cord) and it was undone that and a linux server made me imune to all malware just kill everything (on time vier the main circuit breaker) and back and ready

...my coat is the anarok with the starteck logo on it

Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's

michael

hope there are "meny" more books to come

I have never actuley met him but his books single handdley introduced me to the wonderfull world of the printed word

Shell in Hawaiian algae biofuel pilot

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@ sunshine

Brillent let me call some venture captlists

seriousley I think algy produced biofule is the way to go and making "carbon capture" algy plants is probley the best way to undo some of the co2 damage allreday done

Wigan man traps todger in metal ring

michael

again...

it was the bike man again

Campaign to name US street after Douglas Adams

michael
Coat

hg2g not his best work

dirk gently is better

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirk-Gently-Omnibus-Douglas-Adams/dp/0434009199/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197036511&sr=8-3

I will get my anaraok

Robo-troubleshooters back up London fire brigade

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good privitisation

"The team is provided in support of the London fire brigade by QinetiQ"

who said no good comes form selling state secrets

Information Commissioner calls for more money and more powers

michael
Black Helicopters

"primary purpose of the cards was still not clear"

so why are they so "despratley" needed ??

Beer makes people have sex with you

michael
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in over news

water is wet

grass is green

users are stupid

Balls blames parents, computers for English literacy slide

michael
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edicuation policy

<stands on soapbox>

in my not so humble opinion the only to get any improvments in edcuation in to hire more teachers the best way to teach is to make class sizes as close to 1 on 1 as posible the main reasion prvite schools give a better education is they class sizes are 1 to 10 or 1 to 20 not 1 to 40 and all the faffing around this gover ment has been doing with policeys is just confusing and costly and distracting

<gets of soapbox and gets coat>

*ps yes I know my spelling and grammer sucks I am deslexic

**pps the irony of dyslexica being the most dificulty word to spell is not lost on me eather

UK gov bans 'terror' suspect from science class

michael

orwall anyboady

is knowledge dangerous

I think I read that in one of his works

Consumer groups urge Supreme Court to curb patent power

michael

what a silly sugestion

if I have somthing physicle why stop me selling it on? as long as I am not copying it. it is in the same vane that says it is a crime to repair it not just a void warrenty thing but a go to jail crime

UK iPhone customers to get fairer usage

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unlimited should mean unlimited

if they do this it would be well done unlimited should mean unlimited I ma fed up of big text "unlimited broadband" microscopic text "subject to fair use of 1mb per mounth" this is almost false advitising

Police bail OiNK admin after filesharing raid

michael
Flame

lets ban everything...

p2p (banned)

capguns (banned)

knives (baned)

water psitols (ristricted to over 18)

somking (banned)

hydgron and oxygan and potentley explosive so lets ban all water

Cathedral gun battle game not blessed with gaming award

michael
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what is the fuss about?

"which wanted the game dropped from the awards because it uses Manchester Cathedral as the location for a gunfight"

I am prity cirtain that hey have been gun fights in over churches and rilgious buildings b4

I seam to rember a church used as a headcrab missile launching staion in halflife2

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